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It’s been a less than stellar year for trans activists. Shortly after taking office last January, President Trump signed an executive order withholding federal funds from any school that permits biological men and boys from playing on women’s sports teams. Then in June the US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning the use of puberty blockers and hormones for the treatment of young patients suffering from so-called gender dysphoria and seeking to change their gender identity. And on Tuesday the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases brought by transgender athletes seeking to overturn laws in Idaho and West Virginia barring biological boys and men from playing on female

It was a performance worthy of an Oscar or maybe a Tony. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s address at his swearing in ceremony on New Year’s Day electrified the freezing crowd every bit as much as it shocked the Democratic establishment, and perhaps even the 50 percent of New Yorkers who didn’t vote for him. The newly-minted Mayor had the stage, but graciously acknowledged that the real star was socialism. “I was elected as a Democratic Socialist and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist.” He hailed an “era of big government,” vowed to govern “expansively and audaciously” and said he would “set an example for the world.” The grimace-cum-smile on Chuck

I hate to be the bearer of good news, but the US economy is doing quite well. A delayed government report shows that third-quarter GDP grew at 4.3 percent, hardly a record, but still healthy, the highest growth rate in two years. Last week’s inflation report showed a lower-than-expected number, and wage growth is exceeding inflation. Consumer spending is up, and, yes, the stock market is booming. Happy days are here again. The sky above is clear again. Many accounts on my X feed, which are either run by Democratic partisans or Iranian trolls or both, say that food-pantry lines are reaching record numbers this holiday season, and that poverty

Katie Wilson, 43, was finally declared winner nine days after polls closed

Redistricting efforts to shore up Republican prospects in 2026 could inadvertently undermine them

The Senate Minority Leader finds himself in troubled waters as Democrats move to reopen the government

Voters decided to stick with the lesser of two liberal evils

His presence in Gracie Mansion will send unmistakable messages to police and criminals alike

Maud Maron – who is standing for Manhattan DA – says the city would vote for a moderate Republican mayor

She is the Democratic establishment’s only bulwark against a rampant left

The court is contemplating big changes to the Voting Rights Act

The decoupling of the working class from the Democrats is one of Clinton’s enduring legacies

Virginia’s nominee for attorney general sent violent texts about shooting an opponent

The old guard of the left, the neoliberal and corporate-friendly media, has lost control

‘The President’s joking, and we’re having a good time’

By honoring a cop killer, the left is normalizing radicalism

Trump fumed, ‘Wasn’t she the one that married her brother in order to gain citizenship?’

Voters aren’t the bigots Kamala says they are